This tutorial will introduce how to begin to build a CommCare application through the CommCareHQ application builder.

We are going to start with a simple application in which there is one form: a form to screen a pregnant woman.

Have you reviewed CommCare Fundamentals?

Before starting this tutorial, please make sure you have reviewed CommCare Fundamentals, the first tutorial about CommCare. It contains important basic information about CommCare that will help you in completing this tutorial.

Learning Objectives for the CommCare Beginner Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn the following:

Creating a new CommCare project space

Use of the CommCare Form Builder

Building and testing CommCare applications

The specific skills you will learn are:

Setting up a new project space

Changing form, module, and application names

Creating a new form

Adding, deleting, and changing the order of questions in a form

Adding Question IDs and Display Text to a question

Adding a display condition using the Expression Builder

Adding a validation condition using the Expression Builder

Testing forms in Web Apps

Making a new version of an application

Testing a form in CommCare

Do you have everything you need?

A good Internet connection

Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox Web Browser (CommCareHQ DOES NOT work well on Internet Explorer; you can download Chrome for free here). See also: Internet Browsers for CommCareHQ

Email access (if it’s your first time working on CommCareHQ)

Any Questions before we start?

Help! My English is not good or I want to send this to someone who doesn't read English!

Don't worry! We have beginner resources in French (WARNING:not all materials are up-to-date), Spanish, and Indonesian. Recommended:You can now choose the language of the help site using the Google widget on the top left hand side of this page. This will help in reading the Help Site materials but may be difficult when building the application.

Throughout this tutorial, instructions on what to do are indicated in bold italics. Other text is for your information or clarification. Click on "Setting up a new CommCare Workspace" below to get started.